CV Nathalie Jurisch-Yaksi

2009 PhD in life sciences, date of approved disputation: 05.03.2009 German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), University of Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Signal Transduction and Growth Control – Prof. Peter Angel (magna cum laude)

2005 Diploma/Master in biology Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (summa cum laude)

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Since 01/15 Senior Researcher Yaksi Laboratory – Kavli Institute for Systems Neurosciences – The Faculty of Medicine – NTNU, Norway Research: Elucidating the role of cilia in brain development and function, generation and characterization of zebrafish models of brain diseases in collaboration with clinicians.

12/09-12/10 Research fellow Laboratory of Prof. Randall T Peterson – Harvard Medical School – Boston, USA Research: Identification of novel small molecules regulating the development of egg and sperm in zebrafish